Yonkers Tribune: Repeal of Media Cross-Ownership Ban, Not “Net Neutrality”, is the Immediate Threat

By Derickson Lawrence 

YONKERS, NY — November 30, 2017 —The FCC’s upcoming decision of December 14, 2017 on reversing Net Neutrality has sparked serious concerns and has gained a ton of media attention on yet another reversal of the Obama administration’s signature achievements.

What’s not getting enough attention, however, is the FCC decision of November 16, 2017 that has flown under the radar. It is equally as harmful to us locally, because it allows a single company to own a newspaper, television and radio stations in the same town.

Known as a media cross-ownership ban, the Republican-led FCC eliminated the restrictions – voted along party lines – reversing a decades-old rule aimed at preventing any individual or company from having too much power over local coverage.

In addition, as part of the vote, the agency also increased the number of television stations a company could own in a local market......

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